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olive
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[ adjective ] (color) of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)She smiled , and the teeth gleamed in her beautifully modeled olive face . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)She was a living doll and no mistake - the blue-black bang , the wide cheekbones , olive flushed , that betrayed the Cherokee strain in her Midwestern lineage , and the mouth whose only fault , in the novelist 's carping phrase , was that the lower lip was a_trifle too voluptuous . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany,food) one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
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[ noun ] (botany) evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
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[ noun ] hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 456
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4659
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[ noun ] (color) a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
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